I just wanted to say to everyone struggling with all this fancy software that as someone who started with Sonar a little over a year ago with next to no real experience recording digitally aside from simple tracking/basic volume mixing and absolutely NO experience with Sonar PERIOD... have heart. It does get easier. I've just fumbled my way into making some things happen that I would not have even thought possible a year ago. I have been intimidated around every turn with the seemingly endless complexity of the program and have had many moments where I've doubted whether I was truly up to the task. But every time I shook it off and scoured the manuals, tuts, asked the forum and just plain stuck my filthy paws right into the heart of the program. After a while those seemingly impossible things became second nature. I have far more to learn and accomplish but I finally think I can do this and possibly even do it well. I have encountered bugs, glitches, broken features and things that, to me, could have been designed far more intuitively but every time I've managed to figured out a way to get things done. It is hard, confusing and frustrating... at first. Then that confusion and frustration fades and you find new and more complex things to be confused and frustrated about. Then, eventually, those things become old hat as well.
 
The point is... get your hands dirty, don't stop reading the manuals or watching the forum or hunting the web for tuts and most importantly just boot up the DAW every chance you get and DO something with it because... it does get easier.
 
Peace.

You can also save quite a bit of time by reading a certain book... hint hint...
 
Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
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Indeed you can. X1 Power, digifreq.com and your presence here on the forums have gotten me through some serious pickles. Thank you, Scott... and everyone else. Cheers.

garrigus
You can also save quite a bit of time by reading a certain book... hint hint...
 
Scott

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Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com - SONAR X2 Power! - http://garrigus.com/?SonarX2Power
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview

Getting slow in your old age Scott - nearly half an hour before the shameless plug !
 
 
 
 

Hey Scott I was heartened to see X2 Power in Barnes and Noble yesterday - that's the first time I've seen a Sonar book in there...

great post Beepter!
 
I just starting to feel okay in Sonar and it's taken a while.
 
Scott's Power X1 book , the forums and people posting here have really been so helpful.  great community here.
 
I used to say "oh god what have I done now!!!" when something happened in Sonar.  Now it's usually "oh god I forgot to do..."  good feeling when ya get comfy with the software and can get to the business of being creative.

+1 for sure. well said.
Thanks to:
This forum,
Scott's Sonar X1,
Mixing Secrets (Mike Senior)
Mixing Audio (Roey Izhaki)

Fascinating Beep. What you write is very true. It does get easier over time and a little effort. 
 
One thing about DAWs is you don't have to know everything about them . You just need to know the parts you use.  If you have no use for MIDI there is no reason to learn it for example. Though many have curious minds and want to know as much as they can learn. 
 
I have watched you Beep; I have read nearly all your posts and seen you mature in your confidence and willingness to offer advice. 
Here you give the best advice anyone can give and it, as has all your posts, been given with a sense of wonder and awe that I find wonderful.  Keep up the good work, just keep on being you.  

Hey... all you guys that said "SONAR X1 Power"... does that mean you're still using SONAR X1? Just curious...
 
Also, did you guys get your copy of the current issue of the DigiFreq newsletter?
 

Beepster
Indeed you can. X1 Power, digifreq.com and your presence here on the forums have gotten me through some serious pickles. Thank you, Scott... and everyone else. Cheers.

Thanks so much, Beepster! I try to help whenever I can.
 

paulo
Getting slow in your old age Scott - nearly half an hour before the shameless plug !

Hey Paulo... yeah, I get a little slower every year. Thanks for noticing!
 

sharke
Hey Scott I was heartened to see X2 Power in Barnes and Noble yesterday - that's the first time I've seen a Sonar book in there...

Hey J... very cool. I didn't know it had made it into the stores yet. Yeah, the publisher is pretty good in that regard. They do get the book placed in as many locations as possible. Some of my past books have been in the stores as well. Was there more than one copy? Or just the one?
 

MachineClaw
Scott's Power X1 book , the forums and people posting here have really been so helpful.  great community here.

Hey Robert... thanks very much for reading my book. I appreciate it. Are you still using SONAR X1? Just curious...
 

M_Glenn_M
Scott's Sonar X1,

Thanks so much, Glenn! It's great to have my work appreciated.
 

John
Fascinating Beep. What you write is very true. It does get easier over time and a little effort.

And John... another thanks for the great review you posted for SONAR X2 Power!
 
Scott

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Scott R. Garrigus - http://garrigus.com - SONAR X2 Power! - http://garrigus.com/?SonarX2Power
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview
 
 

Yeah, X1 producer here due to running XP.
Scared to upgrade both due to all the installing and frustration I will surely encounter for this and all my many other programs and hardware etc.